The increase won’t take effect for at least six months. Local, state, and federal government agencies will get a reprieve—a three-year exemption from the increase. Also, users who incur less than $15 in charges in any quarterly cycle won’t be charged a fee. Currently, users who incur charges of less than $10 in a quarter don’t have to pay.

The fee increase was announced along with a new policy that encourages federal courts to limit those instances in which they seal entire civil case files. Cases should be sealed only when required by statute or rule, or when justified by a showing of extraordinary circumstances and an absence of feasible alternatives, according to the policy.